A fact from Dara Tawfiq appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 25 March 2020 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that Kurdish nationalistDara Tawfiq was the editor of Iraq's only independent newspaper in the early 1970s?
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The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.
The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:10, 20 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
ALT0: ... that Kurdish nationalist Dara Tawfiq was editor of Iraq's only independent newspaper in the early 1970s? Source: "The genuine Al-Taakhi had been the only really free paper in Iraq for a long time""Iraq — Kurds without a press". Index on Censorship. 3 (3): 77–77. 1974-09-01. doi:10.1080/03064227408532353. ISSN0306-4220.
ALT1:... that after Kurdish nationalist Dara Tawfiq expressed his opposition to the Iran–Iraq War, he was arrested in 1981 and never seen again?
Created by Goldsztajn (talk). Self-nominated at 00:00, 19 February 2020 (UTC).[reply]
Being "disappeared" by a regime or its thugs for opposing its war seems (tragically) routine these days. I'd vote ("!vote") for the original hook. -- Hoary (talk) 05:15, 19 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
I'm not in favour of ALT1 on the basis that it is too negative; a hook purely on the manner of Tawfiq's death is sensationalist. While the manner of some people's deaths can be considered noteworthy (eg Nicolae Ceaușescu or Nguyễn Văn Lém), that's not the case here.--Goldsztajn (talk) 08:06, 19 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
New enough, long enough, neutrally written, well referenced, no close paraphrasing seen. Hook is interesting; hook ref verified and cited inline. Image in article is freely licensed. No QPQ needed for nominator with less than 5 DYK credits. The only issue is that this article needs to be linked in at least one other Wikipedia article to avoid an orphan tag. Yoninah (talk) 18:36, 7 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Yoninah Thank you for completing the review and apologies for the delay in coming back. There is now a link to Dara Tawfiq in the article about Chris Kutschera, the French specialist on Kurdish affairs.--Goldsztajn (talk) 22:35, 16 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you. Good to go. Yoninah (talk) 11:18, 17 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
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New enough, long enough, neutrally written, well referenced, no close paraphrasing seen. Hook is interesting; hook ref verified and cited inline. Image in article is freely licensed. No QPQ needed for nominator with less than 5 DYK credits. The only issue is that this article needs to be linked in at least one other Wikipedia article to avoid an orphan tag. Yoninah (talk) 18:36, 7 March 2020 (UTC)
